Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-07
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Mass: "A citizeagreed last summer 10 pay
another one $40 Inn up a hole, telling MN
he 'uld use anyfng he chose as long a. ~
! was flied level wa the surface. Last week
the man appeared nd filing the excavation
with snow, GLAZING his money, but mas not
got it yet"
IN Geneva, Swierland, tax OF francs
was until recent imposed on watch dogs
and tax of IS fines on 'chiens de luxe"
The result of thisYas that all the puny
poodles in the CT We're clas3ed by tn Tlr
owners as bold anFaliapt watch dogs. Inc
law was thereforaltered and all dogs are
now taxed alike.
AFTER the close ,the services IN the Meth
odlst Church OF Swzer, Ind, the other even
ing, a number of ylng men waiting for their
girls blocked the drways, and retarded the
exit of the large aggregation. Pastor How
ard asked the boyS get out OF the way Ihey
paid no attention him; whereupon he graz,
bed James +. sinh and threw him out, ana
the others hurrl after. Smith had the
preacher arrestedand he was fined u ana
costs. He has appalled, the case ana hled
charge against Snh for disturbing rell-
glous meeting.
A FRENCH physien contends that groan-
ing and crying arewo operations by which
nature allays anguh, and that those patients
who give way to tar natural feelings more
| speedily recover, TIN those who suppose 1t
he Tells of a man No reduced his pulse from
| l1J 10 sixty in the course OF a rev hours Dy
| giving fun vent to 5 emotion. If people are
I unhappy about aFthng. let them go into
! their rooms and fort themse yes with
! loud boo moo, and tsy will feel 100 per cent.
| better afterward.
AMERIC A is invadg London with ven
geance. The newsthat Miss Anderson has
leased the Lyceum drng Mr.. Irvng's pros
pectlye visit to thesehores Is followed by the
news that Miss Grae Hawthorne, another
American actress, as secured Mr.. Wilson
Barrett's own theatP, the Princess, for hve
years. which leaves Mr.. Barrett absolutely
without dramatic hme 10 go back to when
his American to1r isompleted. Perhaps the
English actor will nave to content himself
with the Empire Thatre which Miss HaW-
thorne refused 10 tab.
PATROLNAN belnging to the life-s saving
station between ?oiu Pleasant and Metete-
conk river, traveangpver his beat few DAYS
ago, found a sword mbedded in the sand.
He took it to JOIN G w. Ravens. the District
superintendent o, TIN service, who lives at
| Meteteconk, and VINO processes to know
| something about relics as well as the wreck
! history OF the coast. Mr.. Ravens said that 1t
| was Brltish swOr( of the pattern used by
| King Georges men in 1912 II has a long
! blade. with but one uttIng edge. was evil
| IDENTIFY the weapon of some officer high in
| rank, as 1t is heavy chased with gold and
/
| arms.
ACCORDING to BIZ Nye. who Is spending
the winter in NorthJaroina, there are three
kinds of farms. In tat State-the Mansar d
farm, the Gothic farm and the dormer farm.
"a good Gothic farm. J." he says. NEAR town
| will bring from S25 800 per acre. including
| large wall pockets o hold farming imple-
ments at night so TINT they viii not drop out
of the Gothic farm ito the dormer farm be-
| n ga Z hlz m al n ara
steep. | simply state that water readily
runs of when applied to them" From his
baronial mansion, slippery Elm Hurst" in
! Wisconsin, Bin looks out upon a level plain,
broken only By hlllotks two feet high Hence
these remarks.
THE roll of the Preach Legion OF Honor has
been decidedly enriched byt the name OF a dis
| tingulshed public mtn of the French Indies
who has Just been created a chevalier. The
| gentleman's name il NJ. ChaDem ougavelay.
| udamoledidamodeliar; and a Partisan pa.
per. which did not forswear chestnuts with
the beginning OF the year, remarks that the
| name is zone of the greatest in all india
| Mr.. Oh, that is to say, the new chevaliel
! OF the Legion of Honor. may at least C aim. i
| he Is ever reproached with the heavy draf
| that he has made upon an already greatly
| overworked alphabet, that he has contributed
| to the language a delightfully."- beWIlderlul
| possibility of anagrams.
STATE SENATOR KELLER, of Minnesota. il
well known there for his eccentricities o
speech and for his big heart. A citizen tell
of the first time he saw the Senator The cit
| iZen went into little grocery store in Roth
. say one winters day and found a crowd sur.
/ rouTAling a big fat drummer who sat on
! beer keg, with his knees spread apart, Will
! little man knelt before him and bObbed hi
| head up and down between the drummer
| knees. Every time the drummer failed t,
catch the little mans head he had to treat tn
crowd. AT the end of an hours performance
the drummer was dead broke and the rowe
! in a happy frame Of mind. The little MAJ
who lodged SO well was Keller.
CHARLES BRADFORD. of Manchester Centre
| VT, who deals quite extensively in fowls, re-
Gently sent box containing five ducks to
! gentleman in WaGley Falls, STAFFORD county
| y. FL. Among the number was a black duct
| whose wings had not been clipped. Las
! Monday MIR. Bradford received note from
| Madley Falls informing him that the box ha,
arrived all right. About o'clock on Thurs
| day afternoon Bradford heard great com
| motion among his fowls, and on gong int
| the ward scovered In the centre Of groul
| of much excited ducks, geese and hens tn
| identical black duck thar had been sent t,
| New Hampshire only few days before. ii
| had flown back nearly 200 miles, evidenIl,
believing that there Is no place like home.
THE Roman archeologist, Prof. Rudolf
Lanciani, who has just begun course of lee
lures at the University of Pennsylvania. he
had for the past sixteen years the absolui
control of Roman excavations. Speaking
his work he said: The excavations In Rom
are now being conducted by the national gov
eminent, the municipal government an
private citizens. Hundreds of statues an
bu>ts we have found. some Of marble othel
OF costly bronze, many in perfect preserva
| ton. The government has spent within I'll
last twelve years not far from 81 900 coo, bI
it has been d remarkable business investmen
for he value of our finds Is placed at $40 o 90
80 rapidly Is the work going on that we al
almost unable TO store properly from day
day the results of excavation, "
ABOUT year ago Chnaman went frol
Portland. Ore, to Missouri. He now writ,
back TO HE former employer aud says: ."
seems fate decidedly goes against me. Ever
attempt failed. Courage has deserted M
Hopes have vanished. God only knows no
hard | struggled IN the past year. But tn,
spark of bright hope died youn
in this barren land. The Chi
pese population here is small and can
not pay me fair commission for selling pre-
visions. rice, soap. starch, etc. am at pres
ent teaching school, which affords me incom
enough to keep me, Besides these hindranco
| my poor mother annoys me greatly. 81
! D eads tearfuliy for my return. While he
| son is in such a plight, II raises smile on M
! sad cOuntenance to learn that she has selecte
| wife for me. ! consider that my pres Il
. state Of life is total wreck, But expect I
see the sun of life soon"
The petition OF the Massachusetts institute
of Technology for the appropriation by tn
state of 100000 in further endowment OF tina
l.